My Name Is Asher Lev | Quotes

My Name Is Asher Lev Quotes

"'You should make the world pretty, Asher."' (Chapter 1, p. 32)

"'You must not dislike God's world. Even if it is unfinished."' (Chapter 1, p. 32)

"It seemed to me that we were brothers, he and I, that we both knew lands of ice and darkness." (Chapter 1, p. 44)

"'To kill a human being is to kill also the children and the children's children that might have come from him down through all the generations."' (Chapter 2, p. 55)

"'The Ribbone Shel Olom was late. Stalin should have died thirty years ago."' (Chapter 3, p. 89)

"'Jews in Europe are starving for the Torah ... These are Jewish lives, Asher. Nothing is more important in the eyes of the Master of the Universe than a Jewish life."' (Chapter 4, p. 107)

"It's a nice street, I was thinking. Why do they want to take it from me?" (Chapter 5,...
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